Throughout the Western world, the approach to borders and national sovereignty exemplified by Obama and global political elites is under attack. Trump is arguably one of the more moderate examples of this striking backlash, which also includes Brexit and the rise of right-wing parties in Europe.
Obama insists Trump will be able to roll back 20 percent of his agenda at most. But depending on how at least the next two to four years go, his environmental regulations, immigration executive orders, Iran nuclear deal, changes to the U.S. relationship with Israel, overall impact on judicial appointments and vast swathes of Obamacare could all be on the chopping block.
That’s not to say Obama’s legacy will stay frozen where it is at this Christmas. A lot depends on his successor. Historians are a liberal bunch who will want to paint the Obama administration as an oasis of sanity lodged between the presidencies of George W. Bush and Trump.
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